2011 Elite League speedway season


The 2011 Elite League took place between 26 March and 20 October 2011. The Coventry Bees were the defending champions after winning in 2010.

Summary

It was a great season for the Poole Pirates, who won the Elite League, the Pairs Championship and the Knockout Cup. Claiming a clean sweep of honours. Throughout the 2010 season, it was rumoured that the Ipswich Witches would prefer to compete in the Premier League from 2011 onwards. Although they survived the promotion/relegation battle with the Newcastle Diamonds, it was decided that they would swap divisions with the Birmingham Brummies. On 27 November 2010, The BSPA announced that both Coventry Bees and Peterborough Panthers would not be riding in the top flight after they failed to declare their intent to compete in the 2011 competition. This then led to the King's Lynn Stars being promoted from the Premier League due to the Elite League needing a minimum of 8 teams. On 15 March 2011 it was announced that both the Coventry Bees and Peterborough Panthers would be part of the 2011 Elite League after all.

Team Lineups

Belle Vue Aces

Birmingham Brummies

Coventry Bees

Eastbourne Eagles

King's Lynn Stars

Lakeside Hammers

Peterborough Panthers

Poole Pirates

Swindon Robins

Wolverhampton Wolves

League table

Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points

Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less
M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points

Championship play-offs

Semi-finals

Leg 1

Leg 2

Grand final

First leg

Second leg

Poole Pirates were declared Elite League Champions, on winning on aggregate 98-85.

Leading averages

RiderTeamAverage
Chris HolderPoole9.30
Freddie LindgrenWolverhampton9.21
Kenneth BjerreKings Lynn9.06
Darcy WardPoole8.94
Nicki PedersenPeterborough8.61
Tai WoffindenWolverhampton8.52
Rory SchleinBelle Vue8.43
Troy BatchelorPeterborough8.24
Bjarne PedersenEastbourne8.21
Hans AndersenPeterborough8.15

Elite League Knockout Cup

The 2011 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 73rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Poole Pirates were the winners of the competition for the second successive year.

First Round

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Final